Waybill



V. H. AUSTIN Feb. 12, 1929.

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snares VIRGIL H. AUSTIN, OF ,HANNIBAL MISSOURI.

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npplication filed August 20, 1927. Serial No. 214,351.

This invention relates to a freight waybill, the general object of theinvention being to provide a combined waybill, freight bill, receipt,and station record, so as to eliminate having to expense freight bills,freight receipts and station or unloading records at destination, as thebilling at originatingpoint completes the record at this point and atdestination point also. v

This invention will act to save time, labor and material and will alsoact to save time in unloading freight.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings,and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, ref-- erence will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1is a view of the blank from which the device is formed.

Figure 2 is a view of the opposite face of said blank.

Figure 3 is a view showing the device partly folded.

Figure 4. is an enlargedface view of, the folded device, with the leavesturned up at one corner.

Figure 5 is a sectional view through Figure 4.

As shown in these views, I take a blank, such as shown in Figures 1 and2 and divide it into three sections A, B and C by the scored lines 1,and I also divide the sections into halves by the scored line 2 whichextends through the longitudinal center of the blank to provide theleaves a, h, 0, cl, 6 and f. The top part of the left hand line 1, inFigure 1, may be cut or broken to separate the leaves I) and e from eachother, as shown at 1'. The front and rear faces of the blank are printedto form the various record receiving spaces. For instance, the frontface of leaf a forms the waybill, while the front or outer face of theleaf 5 forms a waybill for local freight. The inner or rear faces ofthese twofleaves are divided into squares to receive the yard stamps.leaf 0 has one face forming the freight bill and rules for filling outthe blank may be placed on the opposite face. Leaf freight receipt andits'other face may contain notations concerning the shipments. Leaf 6has one face forming the arrival notice and the other face is blank andleaf 7' has one face blank and its other face forming the stationrecord. Portions of some of the leaves may be provided with carbon, asshown at 3, and sheets of carbon may be placed between the leaves, asshown at 4 in Figure 5. Extra leaves may be placed between some of theleaves ofthe device when other records are desired. The blank may befolded in various ways, the drawings showing section G folded uponsection B and then the upper halves of the two sections folded upon thelower halves, or in other words, leaves 0 ands folded upon leaf d. Thisfolding is shown in Figure 3. Then the section A is folded upon theother sections with the leaf a on top and the leaf 7) in rear, as shownin Figure 5.

This device can be carried b the freight conductor along with the freigit, or the car can travel on a slip-bill and the device could be mailedby train baggage mail to agent destination so as to reach there beforethe arrival of the can The blanks are filled in at the forwarding oificeand this completes the writing at destination. The device is folded upin such a manner that it will be easy to handle, and the different billsare conveniently arranged for the consignee or consignor and. for apermanent file for the railroad station. All the parts are within thewaybill and are kept intact until the destination is reached. Looseleaves may be inserted for forwarding ofiice copies. By having thecarbon spots on portions of the leaves, the destination agent can writein his pro number without inserting carbon sheets.

The printed lines and other matter may he placed as the user desires.However, this matter should be so placed that when the leaves arefolded, the information required thereon for the forwarding andreceiving offices will be on the lower half of the blank, the upper halfon the waybill carrying such information as will be required by auditingofiices.

This invention will promote efficiency, by making the bills as nearlycorrect as possible at forwarding offices. It will mean a great savingin labor and money, will expedite the movement of freight, saving inexpensing bills, making tallies of freight, saving in billing orenpensing machines, and the invention will enable the consignee to beable to get receipt of freight on the proper form immediately uponarrival which will mean a savingin claims. The destination agent willhave in his possession an exact copy of the original waybill which willmean a saving in correspondence.

Freight waybill, at destination, will be torn off at perforated line andput through the accounting department without delay, will show allhandlings in transit, freight conductors references, junction points andtransfer points, etc. The freight waybill is then sent into generalauditing ofiice.

Freight bill is the consignees receipt for payment of charges. This canbe checked for rate and extensions, and tendered the consignee forpayment without having to be expensed, as is now being done.

Freight receipt.Shipment can be delivered upon receipt at destinationwithout being held up for agent to expense the bill to get receipt andthere will not be as much delay as there is now.

Station or unloading 1'e00rd.This can be torn off on perforated lineupon receipt at destination and can be immediately taken to the freighthouse or car and the freight can be checked from car from it, withouthaving to wait for agent to make a tally of the freight or for the billsto be expensed. Considerable time can be saved in unloading freight. Therecord can then be filed at station as a permanent record in pro numberorder, carrying the same pro as the freight bill, and freight receipt.

The upper half of the freight. waybill can then be carbonized, so as tocopy through to the fourth copy, inserting carbon paper for the freightbill, freight receipt and station record (carbon aper of half size)completing all records or the lower half of freight waybill andadditional carbons can be inserted for additional tissue copies, ifdesired.

The bill may be used in the following manner:

The waybill comes from the printer flat and is delivered to user in thesame manner.

Billing office will fill with carbons as follows:

Place 5 by 8 size carbon on station record, fold over at right angle ontop thereof the freight receipt. Place another carbon, same size, onfreight receipt. Fold down on top thereof freight bill. Place carbonsame size thereon, pull down the arrival notice, place thereon anothercarbon same size, insert blank paper 8 by 11 for forwarding stationrecord, carbon same size, fold over waybill for billing.

Place 5% by 8 size carbon on station record, fold over on top thereoffreight receipt, place another carbon same size on freight receipt, folddown on top thereof freight bill, place carbon same size thereon, pulldown the arrival notice, place thereon carbon same size. For lesscarload place or insert blank paper 5% by 8 carbon same size, and insertin machine with the upper half waybill turned back to station record.The blank paper is for forwarding station record.- For car load useblank paper 81/ by 11, carbon same size, insert through machine fulllength of waybill.

By placing three carbon sheets between the sections A, B and C andplacing a half sheet between the folded rear carbon sheet, six copiescan be made with the three carbons.

This waybill being used as an interline proposition, the expense billwhich is made in connection therewith, should be torn away at junctionpoint and serve as a record for the inbound and outbound roads, whichwould mean a saving in expensing these bills for this record, as isbeing done now.

What I claim is:

1. A record blank of the class described comprising a sheet. havingtransversely ar- 'the upper half of the middle section being separatedfrom the upper half of thefront section, whereby the sheet is adapted tobe folded with the rear section upon the middle section and the upperhalves of the rear and middle sections upon the lower halves thereof,with the lower half of the front section on the top half of the middlesection and the upper half of the front section upon the lower half ofthe middle section.

.2. A record blank of the class described comprising a sheet havingtransversely ar ranged fold lines thereon dividing the sheet into threesections of equal size and a centrally arranged longitudinally extendingfold line dividing the sections into halves, the upper half of themiddle section being separated from the upper half of the front section,whereby the sheet is adapted to be folded with the rear section upon themiddle section and the upper halves of the rear and middle sections uponthe lower halves thereof, with the lower half of the front section onthe top half of the middle section and the upper half of the frontsection upon the lower half of the middle section, marked spaces on theouter face of each half of the front section, marked spaces on the rear.face of the upper half of the middle section, marked spaces on thefront face of the lower half of the middle section, marked spaces on thefront face of the upper half of the rear section and marked spaces onthe rear face of the lower half of the rear section, said spacesregistering'when the sections are folded.

lln testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

VllRGlL H. AUSTIN.

